Trace Esports Trace Esports China Rank #7 LuoK1ng Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) Viva Lifan Ran (冉立凡) deLb Delbert Tanoto has announced the departures of Zhuo "MarT1n" Zhengjie (卓政杰) and Zhong "Biank" Jianfei (钟剑飞).

Biank had been with Trace since June of 2024, joining midway through the season from Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #3 whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) Levius Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) and having a near-immediate impact on his new team. His arrival lined up with the beginning of Stage 2, and saw Trace go from fourth in the region in Stage 1 to third in Stage 2 and qualifying for Champions Seoul. In the past, the Initiator player has also played for Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #4 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Akeman Zhang Haoran (张浩然) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) , O2 Gaming O2 Gaming Inactive balua Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧) Noah rin Li Le Wei (李乐炜) accHr 马浩然 Biank Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞) Lucifer folk , and Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming China Rank #21 Roninbaby Peng Xu (彭旭) Cate Wang Binjie (王斌杰) point7 Noah .

Mart1n joined Trace in June after he spent a year with Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #2 WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) NoMan James Man Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) coconut Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖) , starting as the Controller player in the China Ascension-winning squad and then assuming the sixth-man role as the team entered VCT. Mart1n made his debut on Rare Atom Rare Atom China Rank #6 Guran Zhou Minyan (周铭言) nnono Midnight Wang Yingjie (王英杰) in 2023, competing for the team for one season before the roster was acquired by JDG Esports JDG Esports China Rank #8 kklin Zhang Ziling (张梓凌) stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) Z1yan Liu Zihan (刘紫涵) ahead of 2024.

Trace added Mart1n at a crucial time in the 2025 season. After ending the previous year in the playoffs of Champions, Trace entered the new year with the same roster of players, retaining the same five-man core centered around FengF and heybay . The roster impressed at China Kickoff and qualified for Masters Bangkok, the organization's first Masters event.

The team returned to regional play, but fell victim to a change of guards of sort in Stage 1, finishing 5th-6th and missing out on Masters Toronto behind the likes of Xi Lai and Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Rank #10 Satoshi Fei Zhixian (费郅贤) SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) jowa Jordan Wang yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) . Further disappointment in Stage 2 saw Trace barely qualify for the playoffs, beginning its run in the lower bracket and losing to regional powerhouse EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) cb Wang Qingchuan (王庆川) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) .

In the offseason, Trace has parted ways with heybay, and added former XLG player Viva and former All Gamers All Gamers China Rank #17 Shr1mp Yang Yong (杨勇) Spitfires Xin Mingyan (辛明阳) K1ra Huang Zhihao (黄志豪) Au1 Zhu Yihao (朱逸豪) f4ngeer Roman Smirnov iamgrq Gao Ruiqi (高锐琦) import deLb . The additions, with Mart1n and Biank's departures, leave FengF, Kai , and LuoK1ng as the only remaining members from Trace's 2024 squad.

Trace Esports Trace Esports China Rank #7 LuoK1ng Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) Viva Lifan Ran (冉立凡) deLb Delbert Tanoto ' full roster is now:

  • Zhang "LuoK1ng" Zhanpeng (张展鹏)
  • Lu "Kai" Zhinan (卢智楠)
  • Song "FengF" Xuefeng (宋学锋)
  • Lifan "Viva" Ran (冉立凡)
  • Delbert "deLb" Tanoto
  • Zhou "KaKa" Wenxing (周文兴) (Manager)
  • Gu "destroyeR" Jiaming (顾佳鸣) (Head coach)
  • Zhang "Yiyee" Tianyuan (张天元) (Coach)
  • "Draven" (Staff)